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John Trapp on Romans 1:7

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Romans1:7

Verſe 7. Called to be Saints] Thoſe then that are called, are Saints, whileſt alive, and not only thoſe that are canonized by the Pope after they are dead, Bemb in Liſt. Venet. In numerum Deorum ab Eccleſia Romana relati, as Bembus profanely ſpeaketh of their Saint Francis, a ſorry man, Dan hiſt of Engl. fol. 99. of whom (as once of Becket 48 years after his death) it may well be diſputed, Whether he were damned or ſaved. Pope Callistus 3. ſainted ſome ſuch in his time, as of whom Cardinall Beſſ[illegible: 1 letter]rion, Iac. Revius. biſt. Pontiſ. knowing them for naught, ſaid, Theſe new Saints make me doubt much of the old.

Grace he to you, and peace] See the Note on 1 Cor. 1.2.

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